New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
Nd CHAMBERLAIN STARTS FOX AMEhlCA
nm DESPITE GREAT OPPOSITION.
.R. GLADSTONE WISHES HIM TO SUCCEED ~ ms
uss1oS-MR. BLUNTs ALLEGED MARrYRpoM
nr. AID SHAM DISTRESS AMONG THE
rooR-MR. SURGEONS PROTEST
AGAINST TTOLERATION-LITER-
AIRY NEWS - FINE
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Coouyioht; ;; 1887: By The Neic York Tribune
1oxnoy Oct 20-Mr. Chamberlain left Biz
;cbam this morning on his Fishery errand TO
America. He lunches with the Mayor of Liverpool
calls This afternoon in the Etruria and is due In
New-York next Saturday. Very persistent ana
spnarcntly concerted efforts have been maue 'o
preyent his departure. failing in that, 10 spoil
in advance every chance of his success; put 'heS
h.,o never shaken for an instant his determlna-
zion "Thc Daily News" has published long as
notcbes from Ncw-York embodying carefully Sc
cctcd passages from American papers hostile 10
him. Hints have been thrown out that LORD SANS
hu,v rcorcttcd his choice of Mr.. Chamberlain as
commissioner People whose only relation 70 inc
covornmcnt is one of bitter opposition nave
invited him TO relieve the Prime Minister from
embarrassment by resigning But Mr.. Chamber-
lain haI pens to be one of those men whose pohucal
rcpown has been mainly won IN 'he minority
lie has spent his life in advocating causes lna'
looked holeess when he took them up LUIS
o,ohora,o hostility does not dismay him, nor is
he even disconnected by his own mistake
cannot saw whether he is aware how great
mistake his IslingtOn speech was Everybody else
regards il q blunder because II gave the Irish
in America Just the pretext they wanted for
attacking him, not as an ant-l1ome Ruler, but
in connection with the mission on which he enters
authority declares that no one more than Mr..
Gladstone laments the taken by those
who seek to make Mr.. Chamberlains mission a
failure. No man living sets higher value on
friendly relations between England and America
than Mr. Gladstone does; and
is more incapable of allowing personal
bostiliies-if he had them to hinder the sue cess
nerotiations important to both countries. Highly
responsible Liberals who differ from Mr.. Chamber
lain SAYS The Manchester Guardian, on the
Irish question: urge that that difference shall not
be eintruded upon the righteous business of arbtra-
ton in question wholly uncornected with IT.
Bo,ue Rule" adds the writer is important, but Is
not weighted with the hopes of all the world moIe
than "a the sacred cause of arbitration He urges
English Home Rulers who favor arbitration to ex-
ert themselves to prevent its failure by Irish infu-
euce Their authority with rishmen is, in his opin
ion. enormous ana IT would, he thinks. ala the,
canse Of Home Rule if they would say they distin-
cuish widely between Mr.. Chamberlain. the Com
missioner and Mr. Chamberlain, the Dissentent
Liberal. "The Manchester Guardian 1 need
hardly add, is one of tie foremost advocates OF
Home Rule.
The last few days have brought 20 great change
IN the Irish situation. Mr. Gladstone has at last
got back from Stu,lley Royal, where he has been
the guest of Lord Ripon, to Hawardcn, stopping
long enough by the way TO assure an audience at
Staly ridge railway station that no English hnS-
ness can he done in Parliament TIL lome Rule has
been conceded.
Earl Spencer and Sir George Trevelyan both
smoke Yesterday Oh the Irish queation. Earl Spen-
Ger seems disposcd 10 think his own adminstra-
tion 80 far As /. was based coercion, mistake.
SIR Ceor-c Trevelvan regards bis Chief Secretary
slp a. a sort of Golden Age for Ireland lnasmnch
as Sir Gcorg' Trevelyan was Secretary TO Eari
Spencer the contrast is curious.
|; is not quite clear whether the Irish National
tsregari Mr Wi!fred Blunt as a very useful mar
tvr. What tley expected of him was to raise the
question whether meeting under pnrey En'Hsh
control could be su oppressed Mr.. Blunt, however
was too much excited to play coolly the part as
s,cned him lie came into personal COLLISION
with the aut tborities, with the result that lie has
been tried convicted and sentenced on charge OF
resisting the police aud magistrate Ill the eNecu-
tion OF thelr duty. He has appealed and the case
goes over to the January quarter ses sions. Mean
time Mr Blunt is ont on bail. bis venture mas
secured for him the Liberal nomination at Dept
ford whore he has Il very gooa chahce oi eIcc-'oh
"a English pilgrims have yet followed III MI
=; limits footsteps, bat Mr.. Conybeare applies fol
election as a member OF the Mitchelstown sup
dressed branch of the Irish National League.
Tho Lord Mayor o. London publishes state
nrnt which NAV be taken as decisive respecting
what IS called the exceptional distress at the East
End. 4 meeting Of the Mansion House Council has
bcep held Tia: Conncii is composed of men we'll
ac0uainted with the condition of the metropolis
most of them tavIng practical experience IN the
WORK of relief They agree that there is Ia London
a fine present time no distress " hch reasOna-
L!y be ca led abnormal. There IS nevertheless
distress and very severe distress, among the
respectable. deserving poor VINO Tor the most par
DO nothing to proclaim their privations and hard
ships The Lord MAYOR believes the necessities oil
The case can be met by the existing metropolitan
Charities He calls for liberal contributions to
these, and declines tc open special fund.-
Denominations in the streets are still persevered
with. BIT nothing comes oil them Yesterday
deputation to the Metropolitan Board o. Works
was Hat failure. TheJ based their demand on
the OLD sllacy of the dnty of the State to provide
work. What they asked the Board was to start in
The building business for Itself and dispense with
contractors. The leader of the depntation who
made this demand proved to be a trousers presser.
Inc SEN alton produced by the Rev. Charles H.
epnl nlgeons secession from tho Baptist Communion
sconsderable but the event had for some time
been expected and predicted. The Established
church OF England looks with camness but
Non'Coniornists outside as we'll as inside the
hap'lst Union discuss tho subject keenly. Inc
.o'h is that Mr. Spureeon in matters theo loglca
oeiones TO the old guard and his withdrawal is
meant protest against tho growing spirit oil
toieraton with reference to nero dogma. " II you
W not believe what believe, you must be damned
ana ougLt to be damned" That is the essence OF
"I spureeon's attitude. His powerful individual
W his eoqueuce his long service In the pulpit and
y" prestige the world over mako his present stop
Important. But it Is felt hero that neither Mr..
opurgeon nor anybody else can arrest the move
ment on what he calls the down grado 1t Is a
movement which bases Christianity on something
moro vital than theological doctrines differences
hr SpLrgeon holds fast to tho five points of Calvin
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